Gigawing 2: Scoring and Strategy

[Randorama]

i still feel clumsy at this game
21,111,111,219,111,190 /chery/ rf / all
lots to improve, bah

[BER]

31,730,073,859,777,330 - Bern-D / Chery / RF ALL

Yeay! I can focus on my score target again.

I couldn't pull off any of the new tricks I described in my
latest diary entry today. In Stage 1, I might be reflecting
the left airship's bullets way too early, since I'm still
following Mode's timing. I guess I have to "chain" the next
three reflects after in order to trigger all four volcanoes.

I need more volcanoes. Too bad MIA skipped Stage 3 in his
capture report. :/

Rando... Weirdest. Score. Ever. ;)

[Randorama]

~_~

[BER]

35,032,604,369,693,550 - Bern-D / Chery / RF ALL

Oh no, so close to 35.3 quadrillion. Maybe I should've
avoided that stray bullet early into the fourth boss
battle...

I figured out an approximate starting point for Stage 1's
two airships scene. Let the left airship's front turret
fire six volleys of red needle bullets. Then reflect. It
should still be alive, but you will get the item volcano
(IV). Slowly make your way to the lower-left corner and
once the RF recharges, reflect immediately towards the
right airship. There's your second IV.

Use Kaneda's method on the first and third large machines
which follows to trigger the next two IVs.

I forgot to mention yesterday... In reference to the static
flower pattern for the second form of the seventh boss:

Originally posted by Mode7
Anyway, In this case I use the bottom right hand corner of the screen, and just jam my plane down into it. Then - ever so slightly - I nudge my way over to the left, maybe 1/4 of the Stork's width, and the entire pattern whizzes past.

I get varied results from tapping on the joystick. What I
do instead is that while I'm reflecting the cone pattern, I
fire a few test shots at the numbers of TIME counter. If
the vulcan's fire is aligned precisely with those two
numbers, then move straight down and the pattern glides
through you.

You could do this similarly when LIMI's in critical
condition and is firing the pattern from a different
location. I forgot what numbers to use to help with the
alignment, but since I play on the 2-player side, I still
have to figure this out using the 1P and INSERT COIN texts.

[danhaigh]

3,582,693,716,560,700 - danhaigh / Chery / RF Stage 5

Just dusting off this game after a few abortive stints with it way back when. The strategies acquired from others, mostly right here, are the only reason this score isn't like, 100B. I'll stick with it, see what I can do about cracking the top 5.

-danhaigh
aka Zippy^

[danhaigh]

4,996,875,401,433,990 - danhaigh / Chery / RF Stage 6

This moves me up all of a spot, but hey.

I'm in quite a luck-based mode with the game right now. Performance is fairly random, because I have no idea what I'm doing from the stage 4 boss onward, and survival is not assured even before that. Soo, a new high should be forthcoming fairly soon, when the planets happen to align "ever so nicely".

-danhaigh
aka Zippy^

[Evnglion]

Hey fellas. I am new to the forum, butI am glad I found it. Only wish I found it way earlier. I used to actually think my scores were good, but now I am not so sure looking at you guys. I mostly play Score Attack, so that is what I am gonna talk about for this post. Anyway... here is my top level 1 score. That is the level I have worked on the most, and I feel like I have made some real progress.

772,387,666,057,230,060 - RL - Kart/Kingfisher

I have a couple questions for you pros, if you don't mind. For the sake of easiness, I will only refer to the first 2 numbers of my score when making comparisons and such. So, from here out, my score is 77.

1) Why do you guys always use RF? How do you guys use RF? Can I please get some kinda tips, or pointers. I have tried many times, and I always end up scoring around 25 or 26... 50 short of my record, so it isn't very pleasing when this happens. When I do use RF, the main difference I find is that the Volcanons are much smaller, but easier to trigger. I suppose that getting small ones is better, because you are able to collect a higher percentage of the total number.

2) When all your scores say Chery, it makes me think that she is better than I thought... am I missing something? I don't really know why I use kart/Kingfisher, but I always seem to get the highest scores with him. Are you guys using the Carmine Plus or the Stork? Which ship would you consider the overall hardest for scoring?

3) What is the best method for collecting Volcanons? I always let most of them go, not intentionally though.

4) Do any of you players ever encode videos of yourselves playing? I would love to see someone really whoopup on some levels. If I were to encode some of ME playing, would anyone be willing to watch the videos and give me some pointers? I really just don't see how a score of 263 (by sleeveboy) would even be possible on level1. I never died until the VERY end of the stage, and only squeezed out 77. It was thrilling to do so though

Thanks for any help you guys can provide

[BER]

Originally posted by Evnglion
3) What is the best method for collecting Volcanons? I always let most of them go, not intentionally though.

I've answered 1) and 2) on the post you've made in the new
Shmups board, though I will say I've used Chery. I play in
the arcade and I've found nothing on how to unlock the
original Giga Wing planes, so I stick to the given planes.
And besides, my timing's oriented to using Chery properly;
I don't know how to score well with any other plane.

For 3), during the volcano animation, I would stand still
so that I could collect as many of the fast-moving medals
as I can. When the animation's over, I would sway from side
to side to grab the rest. This may not be optimal, but it's
the best I can think of.

[Evnglion]

Wow I am an idiot. I spent the majority of last night playing with RF, and I don't know how I was using RL before. I can now get Volcanons almost every time I try... and I am constantly inventing new ones. My NEW top score for level 1....

2,064,715,125,894,172,210 - Romi/Sparrow - RF

I will encode some of my playing soon, and hopefully I get some videos up before too long. Thanks for the input Bern

[Evnglion]

Well it appears as though this thread is dead. Too bad I wasn't here in it's hay day. None the less, I will keep posting in the hopes that someone will read it , and to keep it alive. Well, today I achieved a new level 1 score, plus some other scores. Most of these aren't as high as I would like, but I am working on it. For arcade mode I followed the threads guidelines, although I am no where near Bern and Kaneda... don't know how they get all the way through, I will keep working.

Level 1 - 2,326,256,179,623,952,260 - Romi/Sparrow - RF
Level 2 - 959,318,222,017,299,380 - Romi/Sparrow - RF
Level 3 - 1,029,752,488,920,592,050 - Romi/Sparrow - RF
Arcade - 5,387,916,220,037,910 - Chery/Carmine Plus - RF - Stage 5

Weeeeeeeeee... I'll keep on postin

-Evnglion